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Definition of Delineative
1. Adjective. Depicted in a recognizable manner.
Similar to: Representational
Derivative terms: Delineate, Delineate, Depict, Depict
Definition of Delineative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delineative
Literary usage of Delineative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Orator's Manual: A Practical and Philosophical Treatise on Vocal Culture by George Lansing Raymond (1910)
"Graphic, delineative Style : Anecdotes and their Applications. As a rule, on
objects referred to, use a downward bend or inflection (§ 50), and sometimes ..."
2. The Observatory (1897)
"... 8 k , b I- h 'I (3) and the limit to the delineative power, A (corresponding
to a difference of 2 per cent, in intensity between the images of line and ..."
3. The Works and Life of Walter Bagehot by Walter Bagehot, Mrs Russell Barrington (1915)
"To those who knew him intimately his writing is what he has called certain kinds
of poetry, self-delineative. No writing could be less self-conscious, ..."
4. The Basis of Musical Pleasure: Together with a Consideration of the Opera by Albert Gehring (1910)
"Witness the programme music of the modern masters, avowedly delineative in character,
... Many beautiful compositions, as mentioned, are not delineative in ..."
5. The History of Rome by Theodor Mommsen (1895)
"Plastic and delineative art. Etruscan. Something the same may be affirmed as true
of various subordinate, but not on that ..."
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